Accentuate vs. Attenuate
Accentuateverb
(transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
Accentuateverb
(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
Accentuateverb
(transitive) To mark with a written accent.
Accentuateverb
To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
Accentuateverb
To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
Accentuateverb
To mark with the written accent.
Accentuateverb
to stress, single out as important;
Accentuateverb
put stress on; utter with an accent;
Accentuateverb
make more noticeable or prominent
Attenuateverb
(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
Attenuateverb
(transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
Attenuateverb
(intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
Attenuateverb
(transitive) To weaken.
Attenuateverb
(transitive) To rarefy.
Attenuateverb
To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
Attenuateverb
To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
Attenuateverb
(brewing) of a beer To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
Attenuateadjective
Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
Attenuateverb
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
Attenuateverb
To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
Attenuateverb
To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
Attenuateverb
To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
Attenuateadjective
Made thin or slender.
Attenuateadjective
Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
Attenuateverb
weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
Attenuateverb
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Attenuateadjective
reduced in strength;
